In some countries, people waste a lot of food which is bought in shops and restaurants. What do you think are the reasons? What can be done to solve this problem?
Sample Response
The increasing seriousness of food wastewasting is drawing attention to this issue. In fact, itthis is especially common for people to toss away food they boughtbrought from shops or restaurants. The need of solving this problem goes undoubtedly, which makes it necessary to identify the root reasons.
The simplestThe most simple and obvious explanation forreason to explain this rather troublesome situation would be “because we can”, due to not only the economic developmentdevelopment in economy, but also the accompanying increasing tendency to be overly criticalincreasing tendency of being hypercritical about what one eatseat. In the past, when food shortageswhen the lack of food was much more obvious and pressing, any food wasteany behavior of wasting food, Deletewhich is in fact unlikely to occur, would be strictly prohibited by people nearby; thispeople nearby-this can still be seen occasionally in China. However, with advances in modern technologywith developing modern technology, the production and transportation of food has been greatly improved. And naturally, with growing availability, comes growing pickiness.
Before providing any reasonable and practical solution to this problem, one must first appreciate that it is actually people's rightpeople’ rights to discard anything that is rightfully theirs; wetheirs-we can never justifiably stop people from buying fooddo anything righteous to stop people buying food; it would surely infuriate both the buyers and the sellers. But, there is something we can do after people eat: whether people eat the food in or take it awayno matter people have the food eat in or take away, there will always be leftoversthere would always be remains. And it would be much easier, fairer, and possible to control them. For example, a higher tax can be imposed upon people with too much left on their plate or in their dustbin, and that money can be put into researchresearches about food distribution or food recycling, in hope to solve this technology-caused problem technologically.
Why this response received Band 6.0
The response presents a clear cause-and-solution structure and supports its central explanation with a relevant contrast between past scarcity and modern abundance. Its main limitation is that the causes are somewhat narrowly developed and the proposed tax on leftovers is only partly practical, while frequent awkward phrasing reduces precision. Prioritise developing a broader, more feasible solution and expressing each idea through natural collocations and controlled sentence structures.
IELTS Writing Criteria Scores
Task Response
The response addresses both questions, but the explanation of causes is narrow and the proposed tax is not fully justified as practical.
Develop at least one additional cause and explain a feasible solution with clear implementation and likely effects.
Coherence and Cohesion
The cause-to-solution progression is clear and paragraphs have distinct functions, though some linking and sentence connections feel awkward.
Use more natural transitions and ensure each sentence follows directly from the specific claim before it.
Lexical Resource
There is a useful range of topic vocabulary, but frequent collocation and word-form choices reduce precision and naturalness.
Replace awkward combinations with standard academic collocations and check noun forms, especially around waste, research, and economic development.
Grammatical Range and Accuracy
A range of complex structures is attempted, yet recurring errors with agreement, articles, possessives, and sentence boundaries weaken control.
Prioritise accurate subject-verb agreement and article use, then divide overextended sentences where punctuation is carrying too much meaning.
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IELTS Writing Task 2
In some countries, people waste a lot of food which is bought in shops and restaurants. What do you think are the reasons? What can be done to solve this problem?
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